She's The Boss Chats

Greta's story is so empowering. You will love her! After growing up in Melbourne as the youngest of five, with an artist mother who is a strong, bohemian role model, and a German father who was a journalist. Greta tells the story of how she got expelled from her first day of primary school - an indication of her strong rebellious nature! Soon after, the family moved to Germany where Greta stayed until she was 17. At that stage, she decided to become a dancer (having watched West Side Story for inspiration) and she moved to England to pursue her goals. That led to her living in a squat in London in the Thatcher era, with punks and all sorts of misfits, which was one of the happiest times of her life.

After returning to Australia, and as she has always had a strong social conscience and feminist nature, Greta did a bit of journalism and politics and then moved into law. With her strong desire to help others, particularly women in family violence situations, Greta talks about her experience of working with female prisoners and patients in hospitals and how she helped them. These days, Greta is determined to help women who are going through a divorce, and I can only say that she is exactly the type of lawyer you would want to work with if you are going through a situation like this. You will be so inspired by this story!

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Wow! Jo is, as you would expect, an incredibly easy person to talk to, and an absolute inspiration! Ever since she started Broad Radio (by women, for women), I have watched her grow the business and I'm excited to see what she does next as they do a capital raise and turn it into an app and 'mainstream' channel. From her childhood surrounded by women, especially her Mum (who sounds amazing), Jo loved performing. Starting out a standup comedian, she and her friend Jodie J Hill were 'discovered' and given an opportunity to host a late-night show - which then became a morning show and ultimately, her breakfast show, The Matt and Jo Show on Triple M.

Jo is now the host of The House of Wellness TV and radio show, she has a column in the weekend newspapers and does so much more, but she always felt that there was a need for more radio for women, and when she couldn't get the 'big guys' in radio to back her, she started her own just as the pandemic lockdowns hit.

In this interview, there is much discussion around media content for women, inspiring role models, why we need to hear women's voices, and Jo's plans for Broad Radio. This is one episode not to miss!

This episode is proudly sponsored by redhotblue. This full service marketing agency has recently notched up 25 successful years in business and are known for producing unique, award-winning design, advertising and marketing for purpose driven businesses. Everything created by redhotblue has purpose and strategy, aka 'Intelligent Creativity.' To find out more go to https://redhotblue.com.au/.

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Jody is a very stylish and clever woman who has been running her creative agency for over 25 years now. Not a lot of women can make a claim like that! Born and bred in Mackay in a very close family, Jody and her sister grew up exploring the rainforest and the beaches around the Whitsundays. Her Dad had gone there to do a job as a young man, and never left! Jody enjoyed her school days in Mackay but decided very early on that she wanted to be a business owner, and she was quite strategic about it. After finishing school, Jody decided to do a specific advertising and design course based in Brisbane, but she couldn't get in for the first year, so she became a photographer for her local paper.

Then, after a year she headed to Brissie and qualified with a degree after one (very tough) year. That was followed by her time freelancing, and setting up an agency with two business partners. That business did not survive for long, and so Jody headed back up north to her family and friends in Mackay. It wasn't long after that, that she started her agency, redhotblue, in the rumpus room of her parent's house and one of her first clients was Hog's Breath, which is a big company for a startup agency. Jody tells the story of her first campaign for them which is very funny and won her the business as a client. These days Jody runs a team of designers, branding specialists, and more, and she and her team particularly like to work with business owners right from the beginning of their business life and to grow alongside them. You are going to love this woman!

This episode is proudly sponsored by redhotblue. This full service marketing agency has recently notched up 25 successful years in business and are known for producing unique, award-winning design, advertising and marketing for purpose driven businesses. Everything created by redhotblue has purpose and strategy, aka 'Intelligent Creativity.' To find out more go to https://redhotblue.com.au/.

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As CEO of Startup Victoria, Vicki is such a huge supporter of founders, and women in business generally and it was an absolute delight to hear her story. Born and bred in a tiny village in Yorkshire, Vicki's first job out of college was to work for Nike in Amsterdam. She describes her time there as pretty awesome due to the wonderful, inclusive, and positive culture. During that time she really honed her skills in product development and strategy! After Nike, she and her partner wanted to try living somewhere else and decided whoever got the first job would get to choose.

Vicki was picked up by Pacific Brands in Melbourne and so they came here. Lucky us! It was after a long stint in consumer products, including a time at Red Bubble that Nikki moved into the start-up community and her role as CEO. During this interview, we also talk about all sorts of business things including women and funding, the competitive culture between women in corporate organisations, and even the importance of getting into nature for your mental health. It's a wide and varied conversation with a very inspiring woman!

This episode is proudly sponsored by redhotblue. This full service marketing agency has recently notched up 25 successful years in business and are known for producing unique, award-winning design, advertising and marketing for purpose driven businesses. Everything created by redhotblue has purpose and strategy, aka 'Intelligent Creativity.' To find out more go to https://redhotblue.com.au/.

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Wow! Sukey has a fantastic history of entrepreneurship and I was blown away by her businesses. Having grown up in a small province in China as an only child, Sukey only arrived in Australia as a young adult. After finishing year 12, she went on to study Advertising but soon realised her heart wasn't set on working in marketing and advertising roles. She discussed the options with her parents and decided she wanted to go out and explore the world - and she ended up in Australia.

She arrived here not knowing anyone and started out in a 'homestay' in north Sydney with a lovely Italian woman who looked after her and a bunch of other students.

From there she ended up moving out with a friend to a tiny apartment in Chinatown where 8 of them shared a 2BR place. Then she moved to Bondi and joined a party house where she started to understand hospitality. She and her husband started Chefin - where you can hire a top chef to cook in your home - and built software to manage the process. They have now served more than 50,000 people with this service.

Umamya is her new baby - it's a robot (like a fridge) that will do the jobs of kitchen hands and actually cook meals. You just add the ingredients and then the machine prepares and cooks the food in about 90 seconds. She predicts that it will save 30% of the staff costs, and solve the staff shortage problem, in the hospitality industry.

This episode is proudly sponsored by redhotblue. This full service marketing agency has recently notched up 25 successful years in business and are known for producing unique, award-winning design, advertising and marketing for purpose driven businesses. Everything created by redhotblue has purpose and strategy, aka 'Intelligent Creativity.' To find out more go to https://redhotblue.com.au/.

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Lea is such a warm and friendly woman, she is a delight to interview. Lea is the co-founder of Boyce Family Office, along with her husband. The two of them manage the investments, philanthropy, and initiatives that are generated by their own family and they also help other family-run business owners. After growing up in the suburbs of Melbourne, the youngest of three, Lea loved helping her Dad who worked in the Hotel industry. After leaving school, and after a brief stint at uni, Lea had her first job working for Rosemount Estates wines. Another family business! Her boss was a fabulous, trail-blazing woman (when the industry was dominated by men) and helped her learn everything she knew.

Having married young, Lea and her husband moved to Moree, where their children were born, to work in a family business and then on to Wagga . Eventually, they moved back to Melbourne where Lea works full-time in the Boyce Family Office. She is the first woman I have interviewed who talks about her daughters being her inspiration, which I particularly loved!

You will adore Lea for her passion, generosity of spirit, and her focus on helping other female founders and women in business!

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Nikki is amazing! As a woman who likes to make things, and create solutions for people, she is now about to launch a platform for online learning, libraries of content and memberships, which she is calling Wisdome. Nikki grew up in a close family with lots of relatives and laughter! She first discovered her love for design and textiles at 15 when she (and her little sister) used to constantly change the decor in their rooms, and their Mum told them that they would have to self-fund the makeovers! Nikki started sewing her own bedding, which after uni lead to her creating her own range of linen which she sold online.

Working for an architects firm for many years gave her a taste for becoming a Buyer, where she had to source products for their clients (and later, her customers) both in Australia, and overseas. That led to her running her interior design textiles business, which in turn resulted in her deciding to create an app to help them, and then a course. From that experience, she saw the gap for a complete content management system that was easy to use, affordable and didn't require a lot of technical knowledge, and thus Wisdome was born.

Nikki is so positive and fun, you will really enjoy, and be inspired by, this interview!

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Linda is one of my favorite women and has values that I am 100% aligned with, so this interview was very special. Linda's group, based in Texas in the US, is about lifting women up, supporting successful women, and doing whatever is possible to accelerate their path to success. Her background is extraordinary!

Linda, and her brother Rob, were adopted children, making them extra special, and their parents were a Cherokee Indian father and an Asian mother. Linda's brother is a Hopi Indian too, so as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl she had some wonderful, and some awful experiences growing up in her very close and very loving family. Her father also moved around a lot with his job, launching new bank branches over the country, which meant that she was always moving to new towns and starting at new schools. Something she sees as a blessing.

After finishing school, Linda went on to Uni and then, during the next few years completed her Masters, and PhD in Psychology. A useful qualification when you are dealing with people! She then rose through the ranks of two huge membership organizations, and worked with elite business people and entrepreneurs who were, as she puts it, in the "top 1% of the top 1%". But she noticed that the women were very unhappy with these memberships.

They didn't feel supported, or even visible in many cases, and it was this realisation that lead her to start LeadHERship Global.

You will love this incredibly generous and smart woman's story. She is an absolute inspiration and you won't be able to help yourself getting caught up in her enthusiasm and kindness!

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Cynthia is a Property Advisor and Buyers Advocate through her business, Metrolinx, but she has a twist! She only works with one client at a time which means she gives them her undivided attention until they have the house of their dreams and then she takes the next client. Howzat?!

She also loves working with generations within the same family - first home for the kids, downsizing for the parents, upsizing for the kids when they have kids of their own, and so on. What a great model!

Based in Zimbabwe and then school in Johannesburg in South Africa as a girl, Cynthia went on to study Pharmacy at uni. After travelling to the Middle East and Israel in her early 20's, she met and fell in love with her husband in Israel.

She then went home and packed her bags and headed back to get married after 3 months. They came to Australia to visit Cynthia's sister and ended up applying to live here. Moving to Australia in 2012, Cynthia took a role in the food industry and then moved into the building trade. Skills she learned there, helps her identify great houses for her clients now!

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Olivia is the founder of FemTek, a smart ring, and app that has been designed to measure hormone and menstrual fluctuations in women, for use by personal trainers as well as for women to improve their body literacy. Growing up in Poland,Olivia has never really fit into a mould. She was always happy to follow her own path which lead her from being a young model at 15 to becoming a health enthusiast and personal trainer.

Working as a model to fund her study and lifestyle, Olivia became disenfranchised by the superficiality of the industry. She had a couple of serious health issues - diagnosed with PCOS at a young age, and more recently Coeliac disease - and so started to focus on her inner health and fitness.

As a personal trainer she found many, many women had hormone and gut issues and Olivia decided to dig deeper - but she couldn't find anywhere where she could access the data she needed to truly help her clients. So she invented Femtek! You will totally be inspired by her journey in this episode.

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